Burner tray



S. LEONARD BURNER TRAY June 9, 1936.

Filed April 24, 1931 I plllllrrlllllt/lllllllltnllll rlllll l 2 I ll IIILFIIIIP ll.l|ll| [I'll-LP lllllllllll I INVENTOR. STfVHE/V [0/VARU A TTORNEYS Patented .iune 9, i936 URNER Titan Stephen Leonard, Detroit, Mich, as signor, by

mesne assignments, to Borg-Warner Corporation, a corporation of Illinois Application April at, 11931, sci-iii No. 532,421 2 an. (o 1126-39) This invention relates to a burner tray, and particularly to a burner tray adapted to form a removable unit in combination with the burner box and parts thereof of a gas range.

The design of the various burner box parts of gas ranges has recently been very materially improved to present not only a very neat appearance but also a very sanitary and easily cleaned unit. Sucha burner box with sloping smooth sides is disclosed in an application of Alvin G. Sherman, Serial No. 419,408, filed Jan. 8, 1930, now Patent No. 1,858,310, issued May 17, 1932.

It is the object of the present invention to provide a tray which may be said to be supported by and form a part of the burner box, but which performs an entirely new function in that it is provided with openings cooperating with the burners, said openings being preferably embossed around the edges toprotect the burner feed .pipes and burner supports from drippings, etc. This tray is preferably formed as an integral unit and may be very readily removed from the burner box. In addition to covering up all the feed pipes and supports and thus presenting a very neat appearance, the tray also, by being formed of one piece and having smooth even side walls, adds to the sanitary features of the burner box, particularly inasmuch as it is very easily cleaned.

M-y'novel tray may be said to serve as a second drip pan although it is removable vertically from the top of the burner box instead of slidably as is the standard drip pan.

Other features of my novel tray and its combination with the burner box will be clearly brought out in the specification and claims.

In the drawing:

Fig. l is a plan view of a substantially standard burner box provided with a burner tray constructe'din accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on lined-2 of Fig. 1 and showing in particular the manner of surrounding the burners and covering up the feed lines and support with the tray.

Burner boxes as embodied in the general type of gas range vary somewhat in construction but in general they consist of what might be roughly termed a box, the back wall of which is generally formed by the back splash member of the stove, one side wall by the oven,'and the other side wall and front wall by the built up portions designed to complete the burner box. In the drawing the oven wall may be generally indicated as at 2 and the opposite side wall as at 3.

in Fig. l I have shown the burnercooking top with the grates removed and in Fig. 2 I have shown the grates i as being supported by a suitable flange 5 extending around the top of the burner box. It will be understood that substantially all gas ranges are provided with flanges such as '5 or with supporting pins or other similar means for supporting the grates. It will be obvious from the drawing that I intend to'use such flanges ,5 or other supporting means as the supporting means for my novel burner tray.

.My burner tray may be generally indicated as at t and is preferably stamped from a single sheet of metal and provided with a flange H ex- ,tending around its periphery and cooperating with the flange or other supportingmeans 5 of 15 the burner box. The tray is also preferably pro-' vided with stamped out openings il'having embossed edges 9, the openings 8 being of such a size as to nicely fit around or adjacent to the burners it. The embossed portions 9 or that portion of the tray immediately around the burners is preferably positioned below the burners so as to permit of lighting of the burners by automatic means, such as illustrated.

It will be seen from the drawing that the entire 5 one-piece tray is easily removable from the burner box by simply first removing the grates and lifting out the tray. The tray is not directly subjected to any intense heat and thus may be porcelained and readily cleaned whenever desired, just as is the case with the drip pan such as is sho'wn'at it. It will be seen that the feed pipes i2 and burner supports iii are largely covered by the burner tray and inasmuch as most burners it are quite compact it will be obvious that the tray, in combination with the burners, presents substantially a closed surface.

Whatlclaimis:

l. A burner box having in combination a plurality of .side walls, a drip pan forming a bottom wall, a grate opening, a ledge adjacent the upper end of said burner box at said grate opening, a manifold, a plurality of burners with feed lines having a detachable connection with said manifold, supports for said burners, a unitary removable exposed tray supported on said ledge "and extending across the burner box for covering the feed lines and other parts of said burner box, said tray being removable independently of said burners and provided with openingsfor receiving said burners and permitting unrestricted flow oi air past all said burners, and grate means above said burner openings.

- 2. in a stove, a burner box of the, type having a plurality of side walls, a ledge formed adjacent the upper end of said burner box, a horizontally disposed drip pan between said side walls and forming'a bottom wall for said burner box, a manifold, burners with feed lines therefor disposed within said burner box and having a detachable connection with said manifold, a unitary removable exposed tray supported on said ledge and covering said burner box, said tray being provided with burner openings permitting unrestricted flow of air past said burners and being removable independently thereof, and

grate means carried by said tray and providing a 5 support above said burner Openings.

STEPHEN LEONARD. 

